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	Gurmant Grewal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gurmant Singh Grewal, BSc, MBA (born December 21, 1957 in Barundi, India) is a Canadian politician and former Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament.
		Gurmant and his wife, Nina Grewal, were the first married couple to serve in the Canadian House of Commons at the same time.
		On June 6, Grewal announced that he was taking a "stress leave" from Parliament, after Air Canada announced that he was under investigation for attempting to induce passengers on a flight from Vancouver to Ottawa, on which Grewal was not travelling, to carry a package on his behalf, which would have violated security regulations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gurmant_Grewal (1407 words)

	Buckets of Grewal
		Commissioner Bernard Shapiro's report was released last week and concluded that Grewal's surreptitious taping wasn't illegal or a specific violation of MPs' rules of conduct, but the overall effect was to weaken the public's confidence and trust in the integrity of the House of Commons and its members.
		Grewal, who claims the initial draft of the report exonerated him, said he is considering legal action over the alleged altering of the findings.
		Grewal said he is considering taking legal action over the report, claiming the first draft of the document exonerated him and laid blame at the foot of the Liberals, only to be altered through at least two subsequent versions until it was changed to find him at fault and the Liberals blameless.
	bucketsofgrewal.blogspot.com (2698 words)

	bound by gravity
		Not only would Grewal be a disgrace to Conservatives everywhere (he's already a posterboy for poor ethics) but he would be in clear violation of the law.
		Grewal is already under police investigation after tape-recording his conversations with Liberals about crossing the floor.
		Gurmant Grewal has proven that he is untrustworthy, and is now fingered for downright unlawful behavior.
	www.boundbygravity.com /2005/07/dump-grewal-now.aspx (594 words)

	MacKay - Canadian Editorial Cartoons
		Grewal will continue to be a part of the Conservative caucus and receive his MP's salary, but he will not sit in the House of Commons, participate in parliamentary committees or attend caucus meetings until all investigations involving him have ended, party aides said last night.
		Grewal tried to persuade passengers travelling to Ottawa from Vancouver on Saturday to transport a package for him on a flight he was not taking -- a violation of security regulations.
		Grewal denies, followed a report in The Globe and Mail in which an independent forensic expert verified that the tapes of his conversations with Tim Murphy, the Prime Minister's chief of staff, and Health Minister Ujjal Dosanhj were altered.
	www.mackaycartoons.net /huh2005-06-08 (168 words)

	Another Media Smear Campaign Back Fires, As Grewal Clears Donations Hurdle! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Grewal said he hosted a 2003 fundraising dinner at a Surrey banquet hall and endorsed the cheques over to the banquet hall's owners to pay for the dinner, which cost between $8,000 and $10,000.
		Grewal at a considerable, and verifiable distance from where this cheque was issued, which would have made it remarkably difficult for him to have cashed this cheque made payable to him personally.
		Grewal is adamant that the words "For Fund Raiser" which appear on the memo line of this cheque must have been added at a later date (which would be ever so easy to do, and with the actual cheque in the right formal investigative hands, would also be ever so easy to verify).
	www.rightpoint.org /smear.htm (2244 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Ottawa Rocked by Taped Suggestions of Vote-Buying
		Grewal show is exactly the process they've used," Conservative leader Stephen Harper told a news conference.
		Grewal taped conversations in Punjabi with Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh and in English with Martin's chief of staff, Tim Murphy, ahead of a May 19 confidence vote that could have brought the government down.
		Grewal says he made the tapes in a sting operation to be able to document his claims that he and his wife Nina, also a Conservative legislator, had been offered Senate and diplomatic positions if they backed the government.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-6-1/29234.html (433 words)

	Politics Watch - Canada's Political Portal
		Tory MP Germant Grewal told reporters that he was approached by Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh earlier in the week and asked to abstain on the budget vote on Thursday.
		Dosanjh also denied Grewal's version of events, saying that it was Grewal who approach the Liberals first, and suggesting that Grewal was persistent in his attempts to have talks with the Liberals.
		However, Murphy tells Grewal that there are "other members of your current caucus who are facing the same dilemna that you face," suggesting the Liberals have been talking to other Tories who may be considering crossing the floor or abstaining.
	www.politicswatch.com /grewal-may18-2005.htm (944 words)

	The Tribune - Windows - Main Feature
		Gurmant Singh Grewal, who took the shortest time after his immigration to Canada to reach the House of Commons, feels concerned about the involvement of places of worship in the political process.
		Fortythree-year-old Gurmant Grewal, who within six years of his arrival in Canada was elected to the House of Commons, is a product of Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, from where he did his B.Sc.
		Gurmant Grewal of the Reforms Party has been successful in bringing the main leader of the Opposition and the leader of his party and other senior party functionaries to India.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2000/20000506/windows/main1.htm (1507 words)

	Free Dominion :: View topic - Doubts linger about Gurmant Grewal
		Grewal was born in India and studied agriculture at a university in the Punjab.
		Though Grewal denied at the time Marsden was hired on his taxpayer-funded office budget to help on party matters, the MP was hit with a token $75 fine by the House of Commons after it was discovered Marsden improperly used the office e-mail to recruit party members for Grewal's nomination.
		Grewal said asking relatives to put up the $50,000 guarantees was only a device used to weed out unreliable applicants who might not go home when their visas expired and said he never received any cash.
	www.freedominion.ca /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=40089 (3450 words)

	Nina Grewal's Political Silence - RedFlagDeals.com Forums
		Grewal subsequently ran in, she fended off a high-profile contender, Mary Polak, the former Surrey school board chair, who withdrew her bid for the nomination, arguing her opponent had an unfair advantage because of her husband's access to membership lists.
		Grewal is capable of joining in the rowdiness and has shown her agitation with some of the catcalls from the other side.
		Grewal is interested in immigration and women's issues, with a focus on raising the age of consent.
	www.redflagdeals.com /forums/showthread.php?t=169681 (2792 words)

	Conservative Gurmant Grewal
		Grewal's office in Ottawa said the MP was not available to discuss this issue.
		Grewal has introduced a private member's bill that asks the federal government to collect such a bond from visitors when immigration officers are worried they might try to stay in Canada when their visa expires.
		Either Grewal was lying to the committee (contempt of parliament) when he testified that he took bonds, or he lied to Harper when he said that he didn't.
	forums.canadiancontent.net /.../36978-conservative-gurmant-grewal.html (1185 words)

	Read transcripts of Grewal tapes
		The following is an excerpt from transcripts released by Conservative MP Gurmant Grewal of conversations between him, Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh and Tim Murphy, chief of staff to Prime Minister Paul Martin, related to the role of the prime minister in the negotiations.
		GREWAL: That I'm talking something and on the other hand the minister needs to verify the facts, if he agrees that he twisted the facts and went over board then he owes me an apology - He stated on CPAC that my office was like a cash cow.
		GREWAL: What I was suggesting was not anything to do with the RCMP investigation, if they have to do an investigation, I don't have anything to hide or fear about, let them do the due process to the best of their mandate.
	www.lufa.ca /news/news_item.asp?NewsID=4917 (2980 words)

	Welcome to the Now
		Since then, Gurmant Grewal has made national headlines in connection with no less than six scandals, some of which have proven to be bogus.
		Grewal himself maintains he's the victim of a campaign to discredit him because he blew the whistle on the Liberal government.
		Grewal said she wasn't at the meetings between her husband and the Liberals and had nothing to do with the tapes.
	www.thenownewspaper.com /issues05/074205/news/074205nn1.html (1090 words)

	Nina Grewal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nina Grewal, MP (born October 20, 1958 in Osaka, Japan) is a Canadian politician of the Conservative Party.
		She is married to former fellow Member of Parliament Gurmant Grewal, and the couple were the first married couple to serve in the House at the same time.
		From May 15-18, 2005, Grewal's husband surreptitiously taped his discussions with the Liberal Party in which he raised the possibility might consider crossing the floor to the Liberals in exchange for patronage positions for the two of them.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nina_Grewal (276 words)

	Peace, order and good government, eh?: New rule
		Conservative MP Gurmant Grewal says the Liberals offered him a diplomatic post or a Senate seat for his wife in return for scratching his crucial budget vote.
		This is the guy who got himself in hot water after shooting his mouth off in a committee meeting about handling immigration matters in his constituency office in a manner that was, to say the least, unconventional.
		Grewal could easily have called them and offered to do a deal if they would call off the hounds - with the tape recorder rolling and the intent to release the tape.
	www.pogge.ca /archives/000806.shtml (952 words)

	Max's Mewsings: What's eating Gurmant Grewal (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		British Columbia MP Gurmant Grewal earned his nickname by recording conversations he had with senior Liberals about his possible defection from the Conservative Party and then releasing the recordings to the media.
		Grewal on how to deny there is any arrangement while, at the same time, appearing to set out the terms for an arrangement.
		Grewal of doctoring the tapes, an allegation that was supported by a number of forensic audio experts.
	www.maxsmewsings.com.cob-web.org:8888 /mt/archives/2005/06/whats_eating_gurmant_grewal.php (552 words)

	Gurmant Grewal's Liberian Mystery :: Views :: thetyee.ca
		Grewal is actually a decent representative for his riding and is a decent human being.
		Grewal may be a constituency man, but if he arrived here under false pretenses, it would be very wrong to treat him any differently than any other person who is willing to lie to get into Canada.
		The latest on Gurmant is that he arrived at YVR this afternoon and spent a good portion of the time ducking the media at every turn, involving the RCMP and the Commissionaires.
	thetyee.ca /Views/2005/06/07/GrewalMystery (5020 words)

	Liberals deny 2 Tory MPs offered perks (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Late Wednesday, Grewal said the Liberals promised him an ambassadorship or Senate seat for his wife Nina, who is also a Conservative MP from British Columbia, if he would agree not to vote against their budget amendment in a confidence vote Thursday evening.
		Grewal came under fire in April after news broke that the federal government had asked police to investigate the MP over allegations of impropriety in immigration cases.
		Grewal is not the first Conservative MP to accuse the Liberals of trying to court him with promises of appointments as the budget vote neared.
	www.cbc.ca.cob-web.org:8888 /story/canada/national/2005/05/18/grewel-050518.html (1476 words)

	No criminal probe over Grewal tapes, RCMP say
		Grewal went public with his recordings a day before a confidence motion on May 19 that could have brought down the government.
		Grewal said the Liberals approached him, alleging that they offered him and his wife plum jobs in exchange for their support.
		Grewal, in turn, was accused of altering the audio recordings, after independent experts said the tapes might have been tampered with.
	www.cbc.ca /canada/story/2005/08/12/grewal-050812.html (1161 words)

	News India-Times.com, Online Edition
		In a recent development, Conservative MP from Surrey Gurmant Grewal has handed over secret tapes of conversations he had with senior Liberals seeking rewards in exchange for helping them keep the government from falling, to the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mountain Police) on May 31.
		Grewal has made public several recordings and transcripts of conversations with Tim Murphy, chief of staff to Prime Minister Paul Martin; Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh; and Sudesh Kalia, a friend of Grewal and a Liberal Party member.
		Grewal’s message on his web site said he welcomed any investigation deemed appropriate by the RCMP and that he would not have any further public comment on the matter.
	www.newsindia-times.com /nit/2005/06/10/media4-top4.html (534 words)

	Daimnation!: Martin knew
		Transcripts of Grewal's taped conversations show Martin was ready to talk to Grewal about defecting and to offer him a government post within two weeks of the vote, CTV's Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife reported.
		As for Grewal, he can be heard asking Murphy to ask Immigration Minister Joe Volpe if he would back off allegations that Grewal and another Tory had offered to aid immigrants in return for money.
		Grewal has acknowledged wanting Volpe to retract the allegations, but describes as "absolutely false" suggestions by Martin spokesman Scott Reid that he had asked for interference in the investigations.
	www.damianpenny.com /archived/004405.html (477 words)

	No peace, order nor good government... \| MetaFilter
		Shortly before, Conservative MP Gurmant Grewal -- who once boasted to a political reporter he was a key supporter of a bloody African despot -- said he had audio tapes of a top Liberal cabinet minister and the Prime Minister's chief of staff offering him and Mr.
		Grewal would not say if his tapes were made as part of a sting or a fishing trip.
		Grewal finally released the tapes, at least one forensic audio expert said there were indications they had been tampered with.
	www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/42606 (2398 words)

	A Chick Named Marzi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Conservative Leader Stephen Harper yesterday stood by his MP Gurmant Grewal and the tapes that he surreptitiously recorded even though 14 minutes were missing from the versions initially released -- gaps that give a different colour to the MP's conversations with senior Liberals.
		An anxious Gurmant Grewal was seen asking several passengers if they could carry an important package for him to Ottawa.
		The official said Grewal then booked a seat and passed through security to a waiting area, where he asked other agents if they could give him a list of politicians travelling on the flight.
	www.achicknamedmarzi.com /2005/06/oh-man-i-think-stephen-harper-is.html (596 words)

	andrewcoyne.com: The commissioner's selective ethics
		-- AC Give Bernard Shapiro credit for one thing: his inquiry into the Gurmant Grewal affair has established, as a general principle, that it is “an extremely serious breach” of the conflict of interest rules to offer any “reward or inducement” to a member of Parliament in exchange for crossing the floor.
		Grewal himself: not the former Health minister, Ujjal Dosanjh, and not the former chief of staff to the prime minister, Tim Murphy, his negotiating partners for several long sessions last spring.
		Grewal is convicted of offences that appear nowhere in law, but which violate Mr.
	andrewcoyne.com /2006/01/commissioners-selective-ethics.php (860 words)

	Grewal-Tapes, 5th Writethru Bgt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Liberal claims that Grewal made the initial approach on behalf of himself and his wife Nina, also a Tory MP, appear to be corroborated by parts of the transcripts, which are incomplete.
		The transcripts of Grewal's tapes clearly show at least two of those options were seriously discussed by Dosanjh and Tim Murphy, Martin's chief of staff.
		The trick, as both men told Grewal, was to delay the quid pro quo until sometime after the crucial budget vote was won.
	www.recorder.ca /cp/National/050531/n0531173A.html (1286 words)

	Buckets of Grewal: Buckets' Official List of Grewal news stories (in progress)
		Grewal's claim that his life was threatened following the the 1996 BC election in which he was a BC Reform candidate (here)
		Grewal's decision to hire Rachel Marsden under a fake name to work in his constituency office, against the advice of Conservative central office (see here, here, here, etc.)
		Grewal's claim that Harper knew and approved of the taping (July 29) (here with here) and then retraction of that claim (July 30) (here)
	bucketsofgrewal.blogspot.com /2005/08/buckets-official-list-of-grewal-news.html (677 words)

	[No title]
		Fresh on the heels of Gurmant Grewal's clearance of all the alleged monkey business at the Vancouver airport earlier this month, Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro has tabled a report (PDF, 1.6kb) into the apparent visas-for-cash program that Grewal had been accused of running out of his constituency office.
		Grewal to tell him how proud I was of him and I would suggest that people who have questioned his taped 'proof' (like the paule and his gang) drop him a line, congratulating him - as they did for scrocrow when she was 'cleared'.
		Grewal's competency and trustworthyness in this matter, the evidence at hand suggests beyond a resonable doubt that the Liberal Party of Canada was complicit in the violation of the public trust on the matter of member-of-parliament buying in the recent non-confidence fiasco.
	westernstandard.blogs.com /shotgun/2005/06/ethics_ottawast.html (1156 words)

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